Minneapolis Connects October Newsletter

City of Minneapolis sent this bulletin at 10/04/2018 04:50 PM CDT

October 4, 2018

One Minneapolis Fund Applications Due October 10.

The One Minneapolis Fund is designed to support diverse leadership and community engagement in the City of Minneapolis. There are only six days left to submit your funding application. Apply by October 10 in one of two categories for part of the $182,000 available:

Group A: Projects seeking up to $15,000 that prepare Minneapolis residents from underrepresented groups to serve on City boards and commissions or on one of Minneapolis’s 70 neighborhood organization boards.

Group B: Projects seeking up to $25,000 that connect diverse residents to the City and engage communities, beyond neighborhood borders, from target audiences.

Pictured: Youth from Appetite For Change (AFC). AFC received funds in 2014 - 2015 for their Good Food Advocacy Campaign.

Indigenous People's Day Celebration

October 8 is Indigenous People's Day in Minneapolis. Starting October 6, you can join Native American community organizations for a vibrant, free festival that will educate attendees about American Indian history, culture and contemporary experiences through the arts. The festival will include:

Learn more about engaging the Native American community in NCR's learning lab the American Indian Community and Effective Engagement, part of the Community Connections series, which runs from September 12 – November 14 in the mornings, and September 20 – November 8 in the evenings.

Email ncr@minneapolimn.gov or call 612-673-3737 if you have additional questions or difficulty registering.

Join a City board or commission!

Help shape key policy decisions, give community-based input on the City’s administration of services and share your valuable insights with City leaders. See what topics might interest you, share openings and stay up to date on vacancies, position descriptions and timelines at minneapolismn.gov/boards/openings. Current openings:

The application review process begins October 5 unless marked otherwise, and the positions are open until filled. Translation and interpreting services are available on request so all residents can participate.

Somali Radio Show, Magaaladayda Minneapolis, Launches October 11

On October 11, from 2:00-3:00 p.m., NCR's interim East African community specialist, Numan Shaikh, will host NCR's new Somali-language radio show, Magaaladayda Minneapolis, on Somali American Radio, KALY-LP 101.7 FM. You can listen online at Kalyradio.org.

Magaaladayda Minneapolis is one of three radio shows that broadcast City news in Minneapolis's most widely-spoken languages after English.

The other two radio programs are Kuv Lub Nroog Minneapolis, in Hmong, and Mi Ciudad, in Spanish. On the every third Thursday from 2:00-3:00 p.m., you can listen to Kuv Lub Nroog Minneapolis on Hmong Radio AM 1590 and online here. You can listen to Mi Ciudad on La Raza 95.7 FM, 1400 and 1470 AM on every other Tuesday from 3:00-4:00 p.m. or online at Laraza1400.com. The next Mi Ciudad will broadcast on October 16, 2018.

National Voter Registration Day

As part of National Voter Registration Day, NCR's entire staff registered voters in public spaces on September 25. In total, NCR staff and volunteers registered 67 people to vote and spoke with 952 potential voters.

Early voting has begun and will run through Monday, November 5, when it will close at 5:00 p.m. For hours and answers to other election-related questions, visit vote.minneapolismn.gov.

Pictured, Southeast Asian Community Specialist Michael Yang and Bounleuth Prayounkham-Gowing, Executive Director for the Lao Advancement Organization of America on West Broadway Avenue. Bounleuth is passionate about helping Minneapolis's Lao community register to vote and turn out on election day. She believes that her community’s votes and voices can help address her community’s concerns like support for the elderly programs at her organization.

New Rules School of Entrepreneurship, a part of the Penn Avenue Collaborative project, supported by Collaborative Safety Strategies funding, has launched its series of workshops and lunch and learn opportunities for entrepreneurs in North Minneapolis. The New Rules School of Entrepreneurship is focused on developing sustainable businesses and entrepreneurs in the areas of health and wellness, social capital and support systems, education, innovation and economics.

On September 12, a City-community led coalition working on a response to the Franklin-Hiawatha
homeless encampment outlined a series of recommendations to the City Council’s Housing Policy & Development Committee, including
plans for a new navigation center providing emergency transitional services for
those hardest to connect to traditional shelter housing. The City Council is
scheduled to review site options Wednesday, September 26. Read more...

North Loop Neighborhood Association creates North Loop Welcome Park

On September 11, with the help of MNDOT, Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis, North Loop Neighborhood Association (NLNA) took an unused and unsightly piece of land on the corner of North Washington Avenue & Third Street North and made it into a beautiful natural site in the urban North Loop environment.

NLNA contributed neighborhood priority funds to get this project started, and an additional $25,000 in plants and beautification supplies came from MNDOT.

City of Minneapolis leaders, the Minneapolis Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs, Carry-on Homes and artists from Oromo, Somali, Mexica-Nahua, Thai, Hmong, Chinese and many other backgrounds joined together for a celebration of Minneapolis’s vibrant immigrant and refugee communities as part of Welcoming America’s national Welcoming Week.

Attendees enjoyed performances and learned about immigrant and refugee issues from participating groups, including the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, COPAL, CAPI, Green Card Voices, the Iraqi American Reconciliation Project, CAIR and the International Institute of Minnesota among others.

Volunteer to help clean up litter

Sign up with family and friends for a community-wide litter cleanup event October 4-13. Volunteers will help pick up litter on their blocks, boulevards, sidewalks, streets, alleys and community green spaces to make the streets clean before leaves fall and snow flies. Participants get special offers and discounts from sponsoring neighborhood businesses.

Minneapolis Connects is published by the City of Minneapolis Neighborhood and Community Relations department (NCR). If you have stories or community events that should be included in next month's edition, email rebekah.tedrick-moutz@minneapolismn.gov.

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